Shi Yi Chang An: Mingyue Jishi You

Story-7

A young princess sent to the other kingdom to marry one of the prince to make an alliance between both countries. While being on the ship, she brought her friend on the ship and command her to disguise as the princess. The ship was protected by tons of guards and soldiers, but they were attack by the other nation so that the marriage didn't happen and the alliance wouldn't be made. Their attack was successful and the princess was captured, but then she was saved by her fiance. Then she was brought to the kingdom and successfully have the marriage, but the enemies aren't happy ... with this and they will always try to kill the princess since she's so weak.

Art-8

Beautiful art and great scenery, the chinese artstyle fits the slice of life and romance in this anime. the action in this anime is really good despite it being a slice of life but the animation is really cool. You would understand they put a lot of efforts into this anime.

Sound-9

The best thing about this anime is the music in it, the opening sequence was a really well made music that is so relaxing, it could be used as a background music for studying. The ending is also great, but i prefer the opening more, the voice acting put in this anime is ok, it just gives a different feel than normal anime. As someone who is used to hearing japanese in anime, chinese aren't that bad too.

Character-8

Really well developed characters, the design is good and it shows a different and more chinese hairstyle. it has a lot of traditional uniform and accessories, there's a lot of character in this anime but it really focuses to the princess and the prince. They developed relationship throughout the story which when they didn't really liked each other at first.

Enjoyment-9/Overall-9

I really enjoy this from the characters, the arts and the songs in the anime. There's a little bit of comedy element in this anime that makes it more enjoyable and not to mention that the action is really well made. At first it didn't really appeal too much on the first few episode but it starts off being good when they had the marriage. The opening in this is really relaxing and beautiful, the same goes with the ending. Overall this Donghua is a really good romance/slice of life comedy show and i would recommend this to someone who enjoys light anime.

I am so pleasantly surprised with this. It was my first Chinese animation show, and I am shocked more people don't talk about it??? It was STUNNING: visually, emotionally, and plot-wise. The characters were all beautiful, the dialogue was hilarious and gripping, the plot was emotional and captivating, the music was gorgeous, and the entertainment value was 100%. I was completely obsessed with this show and could not stop watching. I had to literally pull myself away to get to my real life.

The romance was seriously so fun to watch and the development is realistic and raw. The characters make realistic decisions, have genuinely ... realistic emotional responses, and say relatable things. I am so so impressed with this show.

I really encourage you to give this show a chance. You'll be into it within the first few minutes. The Chinese language takes a few minutes to get used to it and you stop noticing after a while. I could not get enough of this show and I will be so sad when season 2 ends! As I write this, I am already halfway through the second season.

Some people complain that the show is quick and not many minutes, but I really love that I could binge this within three hours.

The art is very pretty, with beautiful backgrounds as well as nice character design. The story was fairly interesting, although quite political, but it doesn't have a proper ending. It just suddenly stops at a random, somewhat downbeat point, so episode 12 doesn't seem like the final episode at all. It's kind of a mix of action, slice of life, and romance, although the romance is almost non-existent (male lead is very cold). Each episode is very short; just over 10 minutes' content between the opening and ending, so it does not take long to get through. I basically kept watching for the art!
(It's based ... on the manhua "Prince! Don't Do This!")